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Yozo Yamamoto was born on 27 July 1887 in Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto region, Japan.
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Yozo Yamamoto was born on 27 July 1887 in Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto region, Japan.
Yozo Yamamoto studied German literature at Tokyo Imperial University.
After graduating, Yozo Yamamoto gained popularity for his solidly crafted plays, some twenty in all, notably: Professor Tsumura (Tsumura kyōju, 1919); The Crown of Life (生命の冠, Inochi no kanmuri, 1920); Infanticide (Eijigoroshi, 1920); and People Who Agree (同志の人々, Dōshi no hitobito, 1923). In 1926 he turned to novels, known for their clarity of expression and dramatic composition. Later, with the writers Kan Kikuchi and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa he helped to co-found the Japanese Writer’s Association and openly criticized Japan's wartime military government for its censorship policies.
After World War II Yozo Yamamoto joined the debate on Japanese language reform, and from 1947 to 1953 he served in the National Diet as a member of the House of Councillors. He is well known for his opposition to the use of enigmatic expressions in written Japanese and his advocacy for the limited use of furigana. In 1965 he was awarded the prestigious Order of Culture.
Yozo Yamamoto died at his summer villa in Yugawara, Kanagawa in 1974.
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